Situations Vacant

Volunteer
Catering Staff and On-train Stewards:

We
operate a small tea room which has a five-star rating on the platform at
Chinnor and is in our historic Cambrian Railways coach.

We
also offer an at-seat trolley service of tea, coffee and light snacks on all
our steam hauled services - on certain days we also offer Cream Teas in the
Afternoon Tea Car and Ploughman's Lunches in the Luncheon Car. In addition, we
operate Fish and Chip Quiz Nights and full dining on our Murder Mystery trains
- both with a paid bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

These
catering and bar services are an essential part of our customer offer and they
are very much in demand – you may see from our What’s on page that on-train seats
for catering services sell-out very quickly - this vital revenue stream from
our catering operation goes directly into the Railway's coffers to help us keep the
trains running.

Our
on-train Stewards are our front-line volunteers who meet and greet our visitors
and a high standard of personal presentation is expected. They provide the
at-seat refreshment trolley service and keep the inside of the coaches clean
throughout the running day, plus they wait at table for Cream Teas and
Ploughman’s Lunches and help serve evening meals.

Due
to the continued expansion of the Railway and the ongoing development of our
catering services an opportunity for a new volunteer post of On-train Catering
Manager is being created – if you have good organisational skills and can work
hands-on in this new role, please get in touch! In
addition, we always need those who have good people skills and who would enjoy
interacting with our customers as Stewards – could you wait at table or operate
the through-the-train trolley service, or help in the Tea Room? We can offer
full or half-day volunteer options and to find out more please get in touch with
our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Station Masters and Station Staff:

If
you would enjoy meeting and greeting our visitors and have good people skills,
then this could be a very rewarding and enjoyable volunteer role for you.

Station
Masters and their staff are a vital part of the visitor experience and good presentation,
plus attention to detail, are key to making our visitors feel wanted and wanting
to come back for more. If you would like to know more then please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Permanent Way Staff:

Our
Railway is often praised by visitors who are ‘in the know’ about the quality of
our trackwork. With increasing mechanisation, the P-Way team is an exciting and
innovative Department to be part of and for example there is some serious work
being undertaken at Princes Risborough right now.

Providing
the trackwork for a safe and expanding railway is very fulfilling, and the local
team is known for its camaraderie and can-do attitude (and the partaking of tea
and biscuits!). If you would like to know more about how to join them please
contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Carriage and Wagon Staff:

Working
mostly midweek (often on Tuesdays) our C&W team restore and maintain our
passenger and goods fleet - it could be anything from painting a carriage roof to
putting the coach batteries on-charge – there’s also repairing upholstery,
cleaning windows and floors – in fact there's always plenty to do!To find out more
please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Locomotive Crew:

Starting
as an engine cleaner, ensuring the locomotive is well turned-out for the day,
you'll learn about how they work and how to work them. Progression to Fireman
and then Driver is dependent on how well you can acquire the necessary skills
to perform these safety-critical jobs. The same standards also apply for diesel
locomotive work. To find out more please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Signal and Telecoms Staff:

The
current focus of the S&T department is the continued work at Princes
Risborough, including the restoration of Princes Risborough North Signalbox. To
find out more please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Engineering Staff:

Whether
you're a skilled engineer already or a complete novice, we have a never-ending
array of clean(ish) and (extremely) dirty jobs lined up for you! There’s
routine maintenance and repairs of our existing diesel locomotives, including
Haversham, 08825 and Iris, plus a plethora of other jobs (large and small) some
of which will be undertaken in our new Restoration shed (REC). To find out more
please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Volunteer
Tuesday Gang:

Keeping
our station site at Chinnor looking spick and span and in all its steam-age
glory is the responsibility of our Tuesday Gang. Whether mowing grassed areas,
trimming hedges, keeping planters looking fresh, doing small running repairs,
painting and decorating, cleaning etc, is all undertaken on Tuesdays. To find out more
please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

We
are now seeking to recruit a new volunteer Head of Department and we are
always looking for new volunteers who can turn their hand to light-work and general maintenance. To
find out more please contact our Volunteer Coordinators.

Details of several key management positions which are vacant are shown below: